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But which is it to be; the simplicity of iPadOS, or cramming iPads with ultra-powerful processors that are hilariously overpowered for what the OS can achieve?
In the case of the iPad mini: it could be an excellent, simple computing device, a la Chromebook. Hook it up to a display, get a Stage Manager-led device that can be controlled with a keyboard and mouse and used to get on with simple computing tasks. The iWork suite would be perfect in that setup.
Instead, when you do that you get the regular 8” display blown up to the size of whatever display you have, which adds nothing. The Mini has the capability to be so much more without losing what makes it such a compelling device, but Apple don’t seem to care.
And it’s not like I’m asking for them to make it a Mac replacement. There’s no danger of it cutting in to iPad or Mac sales. It would become its own little niche. Hell, they could make iPhones do the same. But they won’t, because money.